[SJAAboard] Etiquette page

[Gary Mitchell]

Jim Van Nuland wrote:

> Gary Mitchell wrote:
> 
>>Akkana Peck wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Okay, here's a stab at the etiquette page. It turned out the old
>>>etiquette page had a lot of stuff in it that wasn't etiquette,
>>>so I was able to make it a lot shorter as well as breaking it up
>>>with headers and simple rules.  Did I leave out anything important?
>>>http://shallowsky.com/sjaa/etiquette.html
>>
>>Now that's a *LOT* better.  Not perfect, but *far* more reasonable.
>>
>>We have star parties for the public and dark sky star parties.  Most of
>>of what's there is intended for the general public. 
> 
> 
>   No, go look at <http://www.sjaa.net/etiquette.html> the original.  It
> was written for club star parties at dark sites.  It wasn't limited to
> etiquette only; that's why there was stuff about bringing wood blocks to
> level the scope, how to approach other people, photographers, etc. 
> 
>   The material <http://www.sjaa.net/school/newteach.htm#sugg> that you
> and I did is specifically for schools, and applies to public events
> generally.   
> 
>   My preference is to keep the SJAA etiquette page oriented to Coe-type
> star parities.  Point to the school site for public events. 

That may be what you *intend*, but look at what we've got...  The link
is on our main web page for the general public.  Rob has made it a point
to emphasize it.  As such, the intended audience are folks casually going
to a public Houge or school star party.

This is why I suggested it be split into two parts, the etiquette page
should be simple and basic--for public star parties.  Then have a link
on that page for the more detailed "rules" of a dark sky star party.

Telling folks the more stringent rules for a dark sky star party is
overkill at Houge.  We have to be reasonable.  We don't want to freak
people out who just want to drive into the Houge parking lot.

I've met people at Houge who parked along the street and even at the other
side of the park and walked over to where we were.  We don't want to be
making people think they have to do such things.

Gary